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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
3
Uncle Cal from Caribou comments on 1963 tax projections, the rise of tax avoidance, and political bumper sticker sentiments. He jokes about elephant prices, wheat yields, and the Farmer Department of Agriculture notes, ending with a rural quip about distinguishing young plants from weeds.
The report notes a 5 million increase in state income tax with a 15 percent to 8 percent rate and new revenue boosts from cigarette and liquor taxes totaling 12.4 million in the next biennium. It criticizes the rushed process and toll of adjournment while urging slower public hearings and industrial development plans.
Editors criticize a special postal rate granted to Rural Electrification Cooperatives in the 1963 bill. Rec publications total about 3 million in circulation across 30 states. The rate cut, added in hearings, contrasts with raises for first class mail and other rates, prompting questions about justification and impact.
A young man crying out that this car wasn't going clears a crowded train car. Passengers evacuate, he sits, waiting, until the station appears. An agent remarks the car was not going and jokes about the scene as the car is uncoupled.
The report notes a future tycoon started as a brick layer in modest beginnings. It traces the early craft and the shift from poor labor to later prominence in business.
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